Cathedral Room
A gorgeous display, with painting coating the massive walls and ceiling. There are an incredible amount of chairs, and a podium near the front. It also gives a grand echo when anyone speaks!
Firestarter: "Okay, searching buddies!! Let's do a wonderful group exercise called FINDING MY BOY!"
She slams open the door, running off in a flash to search around the seats and pillars. Arsenic follows her, the search already underway.
Tarnish: "Hahah! This will be an easy job for "Normal Gang!" ...Except, uh, It's only you and me, Dax."
Tarnish stumbles in with everyone else, confident as ever, facing Dax...who enters the room with a more reserved walk.
Dax: "Yeah. But we'll be fine. I can see...everything."
Arsenic: "If you can see everything, do you know where it is already!?" Arsenic yells.
Dax: "...No."
Arsenic: "Then start looking!"
Stranger: As more and more people spread out, looking in every nook and cranny, Stranger stares at it all...unsure.
"Eh...not really sure where to look with all this space."
Seven Stones: "Just look somewhere, anywhere," Seven Stones says as he walks by. "I don't know how to search for things all that well, but I'm gonna at least use my eyes."
He runs off.
Stranger: He straightens his coat. "Guess so..."
He takes a step...and then another.
"...Guys? The floor's wet."
Dax: "It's not that wet."
Stranger: "Yeah, but- WHY is the floor wet?"
Ivan: Standing near one of the walls, Ivan presses against the stone pillar...
"...Hey, the pillars and walls are wet too? What is this?"
Arsenic: She tries to ignore the odd complaints, continuing to look at every seat...but eventually, curiosity gets the best of her. She bends down, and sniffs the floor.
...
...Her eyes widen. She whips back up, yelling to Firestarter.
"Fire, we need to leave. Now."
Firestarter: "Really!? We just started the search!"
Arsenic: "I don't care, we need to leave. Everyone needs to LEAVE."
Tarnish: "Leave!? Well, in that case-"
Click.
Tarnish stops. Somewhere next to him, he hears a small clicking sound...
...He notices a strange mass hidden in the corner, covered by a thin cloth.
"...What was-"
Kzzzt.
BOOM.
Arsenic: A massive explosion sounds from right next to Tarnish, and as his body goes flying, fire quickly spreads across the room in a swift inferno.
"EVERYONE! RUN!!!" She yells, her voice almost breaking. Screams echo across the flames that rapidly begin to envelop everything.
Stranger: Stranger, who was closest to the exit, yelps in alarm as he quickly races to the door and holds it open.
"QUICKLY! THIS WAY!" He yells, watching as Seven Stones and Ivan are the first ones able to race out and escape. The fire is getting closer and closer, and he begins to sweat from the heat...thankfully, the strange liquid on the ground looks to end right before the door, although it laps and licks in front of Stranger's body.
Dax: "T..Tarnish!?" Dax yells, in near disbelief. Someone grabs their shoulder.
Hitori: "W-We need to get out of here!" Hitori says, sniffling as they try to keep composure while pulling Dax away. Eventually, they also run out.
Stranger: It's hard to see through the flames, but Stranger can see someone in the midst of the fire and smoke...
Paradi. They're close to the exit, and yet they're just...standing there. On fire. Stranger growls, and with a roar, runs into the fire to grab the winged prota. He feels the fire coating him and his clothes, and yet is able to grab Paradi's suprisingly light form and race into the hallway, still groaning from the hot pain.
Firestarter: Firestarter, too, is almost able to reach the exit-- but hears someone trip behind her.
She turns, Arsenic is on the floor, coughing, the flames piercing her fur.
Arsenic: "T-Too much- can't-- breathe-"
Firestarter: "Arsenic!" She cries, running back despite how the fire burns. Tears pour down her face as she kneels down, cradling Arsenic's now unconscious body.
"...DESTROYER! COME HERE! I NEED TO USE MY...MY CARD!"
The Destroyer: Just above the fire's reach, a prawn appears.
"Huh!? What's going on hereee!?"
Firestarter: "P-PLEASE, JUST...Just take her! I'm using my card to demand you take her to safety! N-N-" Her words are paused by her relentlessly coughing.
"NOW!!"
The Destroyer: "Just her? I could bring both of you back, you know-"
Firestarter: "If the fire wants to claim me, let it! This is the fate I want for bringing them all here-- what I deserve!! Just GET! HER! OUT!"
The Destroyer: "..."
For a moment, a strange new look fills the prawn's beady eyes.
True Destroyer: He wordlessly shifts into his prota form, grabbing Arsenic from Firestarter's claws, and floats out of the room with her in tow.
Firestarter: Tears still streaming down her face, quickly evaporating from the heat, she stands up again. Her entire body is ablaze, her vision and mind blurry from the toxic fumes... She stumbles over to a nearby wall, leaning up against it.
"Just...l-like..."
She coughs again. Blood mixes with her cloudy spit.
"Just like...home..."
"..."
"...Mom? Dad?"
"....I'm...I'm...Soleil's...coming home."